Participatory Human Resources Management and Organizational Development in South East Nigeria

Abstract This study examined the effect of participatory human resources management on organizational development in South-East Nigeria. The specific objectives are to determine the effect of collaborative goal-setting on organizational development. Similarly, it aims to investigate the impact of employee empowerment on organizational development in South-Eastern Nigeria. A survey was adopted for the study, and a structured questionnaire with a five-point Likert scale was self-administered to collect primary data from the respondents in the study. The population of the study comprises the staff of two manufacturing companies in South-East Nigeria. The research instrument was vetted by three human resources professors who certified it to have high validity. Also, the reliabilities of the constructs were above 0.7, indicating high consistency. The data were presented using descriptive statistics such as frequency counts and percentages, while multiple linear regression inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The findings revealed that collaborative goal-setting has a significant positive effect on organizational development, with coefficients of 0.462 and p-values of <0.001. Similarly, employee empowerment has a significant positive effect on organizational development with coefficients of 0.347 and p-values of <0.001. The study concluded that both participatory human resources management constructs, such as collaborative goal-setting and employee empowerment, have a significant positive effect on organizational development in South-East Nigeria. The study recommended that organizations should empower employees and actively involve them in setting strategic and operational goals. This approach fosters a sense of inclusion, guarantees job satisfaction, increases commitment in pursuit and actualization of organizational objectives, and enhances overall performance.